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GAS
ATTACK
13
REAL
WAR
CONDITIONS
IN
MANEUVERS
HERE.
New
Intensive
Training'
Plans
Include
Use
of
Real
Gas.
More
intensive
training
for
the
27th
Di­
vision
is
the
plan
of
its
comm
anding
gen­
eral,
Gas
attacks
w
ith
real
gas
w
ill
he
one
of
the
features.
The
gas
will
h
u
r
t
you
if
you
don’t
get
your
m
a
sk
on
in
time,
hut
it
won’t
be
dangerous.
The
experience
of
be­
ing
gassed
for
practice
will
not,
however,
be
a
pleasant
one,
and
the
man
who
hasn’t
the
gas
m
ask
drill
down
so
pat
th
a
t
he
can
leap
out
of
a
sound
sleep
and
adjust
this
protec­
tion
in
a
tw
inkling
will
have
a
bad
hour
or
two
w
ith
the
gas,
and
probably
a
worse
fif­
teen
m
inutes
w
ith
his
captain.
M
ajor
General
O’Ryan
in
speaking
of
the
planned
training,
which
will
include
m
a
­
neuvers
on
a
large
scale,
said.
“It
is
a
splendid
body
of
men.
The
morale
is
high,
and
the
officers
and
men
alike
have
been
severely
tried
by
the
usually
severe
w
inter.
From
now
on,
during
the
rem
ainder
of
our
stay
here,
we
will
work
faster.
The
m
aneuvers
we
have
planned
will
be
made
very
realistic—th
a
t
is
they
will
approach
actual
conditions
as
nearly
as
possible.
The
battalions
going
to
the
target
range
will
m
arch
the
entire
distance,
instead
of
going
by
train
as
heretofore.
There
will
be
some
very
interesting
work
in
the
trenches.
We
are
planning
to
give
the
men
a
touch
of
the
gas
that
will
test
them
as
to
how
much
they
have
learned
about
gas
defense.
Those
who
are
caught
napping
when
the
gas
alarm
is
given
will
suffer
for
it.
It
will
not
be
the
deadliest
kind
of
gas,
of
course,
and
it
will
leave
no
lasting
effects,
but
those
who
in
­
hale
it
will
undergo
a
good
deal
of
pain.
I
suspect
it
will
take
som
ething
of
th
a
t
kind
to
teach
some
of
the
men
the
needed
lesson.
Then
there
will
be
some
lively
skirm
ishing
and
field
work,
and
the
commanding
officers
and
the
men
under
them
will
get
some
new
training
and
tests
th
a
t
they
have
not
had
heretofore.
'‘The
physical
condition
of
the
division
is
as
good
as
it
ever
will
be,”
Gen.
O’Ryan
con­
tinued.
“It
Is
even
better
now
than
it
will
be
after
we
get
into
the
thick
of
the
fighting,
for
then
we
will
have
sick
and
wounded,
and
the
ranks
will
be
constantly
filling
up
w
ith
new
men.
But
we
have
done
about
all
the
prelim
inary
training
of
the
kind
th
a
t
we
have
had
up
to
now
th
a
t
is
needed.
From
now
on
we
will
more
nearly
approach
war
conditions
until
we
get
rig
h
t
into
the
real
thing.”
There
will
be
frequent
inspections
from
now
on
of
every
organization
in
camp.
Spe­
cial
attention
will
be
paid
to
personnel,
sol­
dierly
bearing,
condition
of
equipm
ent,
etc.
The
training
work
is
to
be
intensified,
but
w
ill
be
of
a
new
kind
and
more
varied
than
heretofore.
There
have
been
few
idle
days
for
the
division
during
the
six
m
o
n
ths
th
a
t
it
has
been
here,
and
there
will
be
none
at
all
from
now,
bu
t
the
officers
and
men
alike
are
eager
for
the
strenuous
days
th
a
t
are
“If
I
joined
some
branch
of
the
service,
could
I
take
my
pick?”
“Y
e
s;
and
if
you
enlisted
in
the
Pioneers,
you’d
get
a
shovel,
too
!”
ahead
of
them,
for
they
are
convinced
th
a
t
before
a
very
great
while
they
w
ill
be
on
their
way
“over
there.”
There
will
not
be
any
more
of
the
restlessness
that
comes
from
tarrying
too
long
in
one
place
and
doing
the
same
old
thing
until
one
grows
stale.
BIG
IM
PROVEMENTS
PLANNED
AT
K.
OF
C.
So
many
men
are
coming
to
the
H
a
ll
of
evenings
th
a
t
the
w
riting
accommodations
are
being
strained
to
the
limit.
To
m
eet
the
added
demands
being
made,
more
than
one
hundred
and
seventy-five
feet
of
folding
desks
will
be
built
into
the
east
and
west
walls,
so
th
a
t
all
who
come
may
have
ample
space
to
unfold
their
ideas.
One
is
alm
o
st
tem
p
ted
to
add
at
length.
The
north
inside
wall
has
lately
had
an
addition,
called
for
by
the
splendid
movies
being
shown
in
the
hall
nearly
every
even­
ing.
Several
friends
have
given
us
a
fine
screen,
on
which
the
pictures
show
more
clearly
and
evenly
than
on
the
old
movable
one
which
form
erly
hung
there.
It
is
a
joy
to
watch
the
film
favorites
of
town
and
country
disporting
them
selves
on
the
w
h
itened
surface
of
our
new
curtain.
One
of
the
most
interesting
pictures
seen
recently
was
the
W
ar
D
epartm
ent
films
of
boxing
and
bayonet
instruction.
A
goodly
audience
greeted
the
first
appearance
in
our
little
house
of
Kid
McCoy,
Benny
Leonard,
F
rank
M
oran
and
other
knights
of
the
screen.
The
assistant
secretaries
are
planning
a
series
of
vaudeville
and
m
u
sical
entertain­
m
ents
th
a
t
will
he
well
w
o
rth
while.
There
is
many,
as
the
parodist
rem
a
rked,
a
social
bud
so
fresh
and
green,
th
a
t
w
astes
her
ORIENT
YOURSELF,
I
prom
ised
Gus,
the
philosophic
second
loot
of
our
Fifty-um
ph
Pioneer
outfit,
to
type
out
his
latest
bit
of
optim
istic
advice
to
the
throng
of
officers
who
came
but
lately
from
the
alkalined
arroyos
of
Texas
and
the
dry,
frozen
north
to
this
well,
som
ewhat
m
isty
camp.
Gus
says
th
a
t
one
of
the
first
things
a
young
officer
m
u
st
learn
in
the
m
ilitary
game
is
to
orient
him
self,
especially
as
re­
gards
the
social
topography.
D
u
ring
the
first
week
he
was
here,
like
the
rest
of
the
newcomers,
lie
felt
a
bit
chilly
and
damp.
He
came,
he
saw—-and
even
oggled—but
he
couldn’t
conquer.
EYery
tim
e
he
cheerfully
broke
some
one’s
floating
rib
in
one
of
the
catch-asm
atch-can
hops
on
the
top
floor
of
S
p
a
rtanburg’s
great,
w
h
ite
hostelry,
he
tried
to
negotiate
an
appointm
ent
w
ith
his
cap­
tured
Cinderella—but
no.
N
o
thing
but
a
series
of
sugar
coated
squelches
came
his
way.
Each
girl
would
laugh
her
silvery
R
o
b
e
rt
W.
C
h
a
m
b
ers’
laugh
and
would
w
a
ft
this
mockery
at
Gus
as
she
floated
away
w
ith
another
p
a
r
t
n
e
r
:
“Ah’m
so
sawwy,
but
I’ve
a
date
w
ith
Lieut.
Brown
on
Monday,
Sergt.
Sm
ith
on
Tuesday,
Pvt.
Jones
on
W
e
d
n
e
sd-a-a..
H
e
r
voice
died
away
in
the
whirlpool
of
chatter
about
her.
The
disconsolate
Gus
would
slink
tow
ards
the
squatters’
bleachers,
gingerly
rubbing
his
shattered
shoulder
blade
as
he
went.
He
became
bluer
and
bluer—alm
o
st
indigo—and
he
cam
e
to
curse
the
place,
the
game,
the
w
eather
and
the
life.
Sixes
and
sevens
had
Gus
in
their
grip
un­
til
he
bethought
him
self
of
the
orientation
philosophy.
He
got
out
his
m
e
n
tal
alidade
and
slope
board
and
took
a
few
backsights
on
his
social
traverse.
The
discovery
came
to
him
th
a
t
he
had
been
flivvering
by
using
a
depressed
compass.
He
began
a
scheme
of
correction
by
smiles.
Now,
so
he
avers,
lie
is
triangulating
perfectly.
The
date
books
are
open
to
him,
and
the
sm
ile
of
the
eternal
fem
inine
has
transform
e
d
the
valley
of
mud
into
a
vale
of
green
enchantm
ent.
Being
one
of
the
kind
th
a
t
wishes
the
same
good
luck
to
his
fellows
as
befalls
him
­
self,
Gus
puts
em
p
h
asis
on
this
advice:
“O
rient
yourself.”
D.
H.
H.
KNOCK-KNEED.
Passing
a
hand
over
his
forehead,
the
w
o
r­
ried
drill-sergeant
paused
for
breath
as
he
surveyed
the
knock-kneed
recruit.
Then
he
pointed
a
scornful
finger.
“No,”
he
declared,
“you’re
hopeless.
You’ll
never
m
ake
a
soldier.
Look
at
you
now.
The
top
’alf
of
your
legs
is
standing
to
a
t­
tention,
an’
the
bottom
’alf
is
standin’
at
ease!”—London
Fun.
sw
e
e
tness
on
a
millionaire,
and
the
assist­
ants
have
taken
on
the
particular
job
of
fathom
ing
some
of
old
Ocean’s
dark
unfath­
omed
caves
and
gathering
in
a
pearl
or
two
th
a
t
lies
hidden
in
the
ranks
of
the
m
en
at
W
adsworth.

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GAS ATTACK 13 REAL WAR CONDITIONS IN MANEUVERS HERE. New Intensive Training' Plans Include Use of Real Gas. More intensive training for the 27th Di­ vision is the plan of its comm anding gen­ eral, Gas attacks w ith real gas w ill he one of the features. The gas will h u r t you if you don’t get your m a sk on in time, hut it won’t be dangerous. The experience of be­ ing gassed for practice will not, however, be a pleasant one, and the man who hasn’t the gas m ask drill down so pat th a t he can leap out of a sound sleep and adjust this protec­ tion in a tw inkling will have a bad hour or two w ith the gas, and probably a worse fif­ teen m inutes w ith his captain. M ajor General O’Ryan in speaking of the planned training, which will include m a ­ neuvers on a large scale, said. “It is a splendid body of men. The morale is high, and the officers and men alike have been severely tried by the usually severe w inter. From now on, during the rem ainder of our stay here, we will work faster. The m aneuvers we have planned will be made very realistic—th a t is they will approach actual conditions as nearly as possible. The battalions going to the target range will m arch the entire distance, instead of going by train as heretofore. There will be some very interesting work in the trenches. We are planning to give the men a touch of the gas that will test them as to how much they have learned about gas defense. Those who are caught napping when the gas alarm is given will suffer for it. It will not be the deadliest kind of gas, of course, and it will leave no lasting effects, but those who in ­ hale it will undergo a good deal of pain. I suspect it will take som ething of th a t kind to teach some of the men the needed lesson. Then there will be some lively skirm ishing and field work, and the commanding officers and the men under them will get some new training and tests th a t they have not had heretofore. '‘The physical condition of the division is as good as it ever will be,” Gen. O’Ryan con­ tinued. “It Is even better now than it will be after we get into the thick of the fighting, for then we will have sick and wounded, and the ranks will be constantly filling up w ith new men. But we have done about all the prelim inary training of the kind th a t we have had up to now th a t is needed. From now on we will more nearly approach war conditions until we get rig h t into the real thing.” There will be frequent inspections from now on of every organization in camp. Spe­ cial attention will be paid to personnel, sol­ dierly bearing, condition of equipm ent, etc. The training work is to be intensified, but w ill be of a new kind and more varied than heretofore. There have been few idle days for the division during the six m o n ths th a t it has been here, and there will be none at all from now, bu t the officers and men alike are eager for the strenuous days th a t are “If I joined some branch of the service, could I take my pick?” “Y e s; and if you enlisted in the Pioneers, you’d get a shovel, too !” ahead of them, for they are convinced th a t before a very great while they w ill be on their way “over there.” There will not be any more of the restlessness that comes from tarrying too long in one place and doing the same old thing until one grows stale. BIG IM PROVEMENTS PLANNED AT K. OF C. So many men are coming to the H a ll of evenings th a t the w riting accommodations are being strained to the limit. To m eet the added demands being made, more than one hundred and seventy-five feet of folding desks will be built into the east and west walls, so th a t all who come may have ample space to unfold their ideas. One is alm o st tem p ted to add at length. The north inside wall has lately had an addition, called for by the splendid movies being shown in the hall nearly every even­ ing. Several friends have given us a fine screen, on which the pictures show more clearly and evenly than on the old movable one which form erly hung there. It is a joy to watch the film favorites of town and country disporting them selves on the w h itened surface of our new curtain. One of the most interesting pictures seen recently was the W ar D epartm ent films of boxing and bayonet instruction. A goodly audience greeted the first appearance in our little house of Kid McCoy, Benny Leonard, F rank M oran and other knights of the screen. The assistant secretaries are planning a series of vaudeville and m u sical entertain­ m ents th a t will he well w o rth while. There is many, as the parodist rem a rked, a social bud so fresh and green, th a t w astes her ORIENT YOURSELF, I prom ised Gus, the philosophic second loot of our Fifty-um ph Pioneer outfit, to type out his latest bit of optim istic advice to the throng of officers who came but lately from the alkalined arroyos of Texas and the dry, frozen north to this well, som ewhat m isty camp. Gus says th a t one of the first things a young officer m u st learn in the m ilitary game is to orient him self, especially as re­ gards the social topography. D u ring the first week he was here, like the rest of the newcomers, lie felt a bit chilly and damp. He came, he saw—-and even oggled—but he couldn’t conquer. EYery tim e he cheerfully broke some one’s floating rib in one of the catch-asm atch-can hops on the top floor of S p a rtanburg’s great, w h ite hostelry, he tried to negotiate an appointm ent w ith his cap­ tured Cinderella—but no. N o thing but a series of sugar coated squelches came his way. Each girl would laugh her silvery R o b e rt W. C h a m b ers’ laugh and would w a ft this mockery at Gus as she floated away w ith another p a r t n e r : “Ah’m so sawwy, but I’ve a date w ith Lieut. Brown on Monday, Sergt. Sm ith on Tuesday, Pvt. Jones on W e d n e sd-a-a.. H e r voice died away in the whirlpool of chatter about her. The disconsolate Gus would slink tow ards the squatters’ bleachers, gingerly rubbing his shattered shoulder blade as he went. He became bluer and bluer—alm o st indigo—and he cam e to curse the place, the game, the w eather and the life. Sixes and sevens had Gus in their grip un­ til he bethought him self of the orientation philosophy. He got out his m e n tal alidade and slope board and took a few backsights on his social traverse. The discovery came to him th a t he had been flivvering by using a depressed compass. He began a scheme of correction by smiles. Now, so he avers, lie is triangulating perfectly. The date books are open to him, and the sm ile of the eternal fem inine has transform e d the valley of mud into a vale of green enchantm ent. Being one of the kind th a t wishes the same good luck to his fellows as befalls him ­ self, Gus puts em p h asis on this advice: “O rient yourself.” D. H. H. KNOCK-KNEED. Passing a hand over his forehead, the w o r­ ried drill-sergeant paused for breath as he surveyed the knock-kneed recruit. Then he pointed a scornful finger. “No,” he declared, “you’re hopeless. You’ll never m ake a soldier. Look at you now. The top ’alf of your legs is standing to a t­ tention, an’ the bottom ’alf is standin’ at ease!”—London Fun. sw e e tness on a millionaire, and the assist­ ants have taken on the particular job of fathom ing some of old Ocean’s dark unfath­ omed caves and gathering in a pearl or two th a t lies hidden in the ranks of the m en at W adsworth.